The Groove eating-place and Blue Note Jazz offer social spaces where one listens to live music while eating and drinking. At the Groove club, an individual gets the opportunity to attend to musical performances such as funk, soul, and rnb. On the other hand, at the Blues Note hosts musicians who can perform classical or traditional, blues and folk types of music. This paper will carry out an in-depth analysis of the differences and similarities between the music at the two social places (Prokhorov, 2002).
The differences
Music is an ever-evolving art, and a performer has to pay close attention to some fundamental things to bring out the intended sound. To convey an RnB sound at a concert, the musicians made use of instruments such as drums, piano, trumpet, and other electric devices (video). The combination of the instruments produced the soulful sound of RnB as the musicians sung and performed hits from well-known tunes such as purpose rain by the late Prince
One of the common features at the concert is the mixture of jazz sound, and blues sounds to make the rnb unique sound. More so, beats and bass were the only distinct features that allowed a reveler to know that a performer switched from rnb to funk and soul. For one to notice the unmistakable sound of funk, the performer applied robust deep-toned lines that intertwined with low sound beats (video). The beat of funk jumps from soft to hard hits that incorporate accents, offbeat and space for one to join in and sing along to the song. Additionally, the beats possess energy that makes one want to get up and dance to the beat. Although rnb is a combination of various genres, it is good to note the contrast as the proceeds.
Blue note Jazz
On the other hand, Blue Note Jazz club takes pride in hosting classical, blues and folk. In fact, the three types of music mentioned above are genres that stand-alone and are not a combination of other kinds. This fact sets them aside from RnB music and funk, which are a combination of various sounds. While performing live classical music, there is the use of few electrical instruments (video). Classical music can utilize voice in acapella type of compositions; flutes and the four trumpet are common in performing classical. The reliance on the apparatus to bring the rhythm is critical to classical music. The performers focused on singing covers of other well-known classical musicians such as the second movement. Classical music does not need a singer, but the instrumentation is one of its distinct features. Once the instrumentation is right, everything else follows through. The performance was an orchestra that produced light classical music. The performance was regarding homophobic tunes, which means that one rhythm played by all Musical instruments at the same time, unlike rnb where tunes produced through a layering of other sounds. The music was regular and contained a theme. The string section of the orchestra commences the music and set the tone for other instruments (Wimble, 2014).
Blues performers used a guitar, drums, trumpets, and the harmonica to bring out a melancholy sound. The harmonica enabled the performers' convention calling and responding kind of music. The guitar gave the blues sound a unique rhythm as it does not pass through a soundboard. Blues focus on romantic messages or life lessons one learned as they walked through life. Thus, they are highly sentimental or emotional and lyrical. More so, the lyrics designed along three lines. The first lyrics are not that different from the rest of the lyrics. The performers engaged instruments such as the banjo and piano to give the performance a more recent sound that would entertain young revelers at the concert. To bring performance into life, the musicians used the variety of modern beats on the background to set the mood of the concert whenever the w took a break from singing (video). The dependence of blues to rhythm and a singer's personal touch is vital to bring the message into the limelight and retain attention. In other words, blues relies heavily on the delivery than standard sound. In the middle of the blues songs, the s performers sung some folk songs. Although folk songs do not have any standard, they are orally delivered and have a message that ties itself to the compositional patterns of the singer. For instance, the performer made sure to use improvisation and storytelling to tag people along as he belted the tunes to the songs. Despite the improvisation, the features of the folk song during an instrumental performance are standard to folk songs. The tense deep voice accompanied by the soft instrumental to make the folk songs livelier.
Similarities
Performance combined language and instruments to raise awareness on the message. For instance while the mood was good and the performance portrayed a as message, they brought it out using their words and body language. Another common thing between the two performances is the ability to tailor music to such the event and not just adhere to the rules and norms associated with specific genre (Wimble, 2014).
In short, the delivery of the music has to pay attention to details that retain the genres of the music. Rnb is a fusion of funk, soul and other genres, the mixture produces a different sound that n makes it stand out as unique and noticeable. In addition, classical songs can utilize electrical instruments .Orchestra makes use of different instruments to bring about one sound. Classical songs are not aggressive but use themes to convey messages to the audience.
References
Prokhorov, V. (2002). Russian folk songs: Musical genres and history. Lanham
Wimble, D. (2014). The Indie Bible: 15th Edition (2014). Cork: BookBaby.
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